Noein

This is the fourth year I have participated in Reverse Thieves’ Secret Santa Project. The first two years I really hit the jackpot in recommendations – Noein, Figure 17, Simoun, Time of Eve, and Ghost Hound. Last year definitely was not a failure but I was less satisfied with my choices. In the...

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Needless to say, most of them still do. Also kinda hilarious how I went double digits despite there basically being little to no chances of ever reaching those. Oh, well! Weeeh, kids, haven’t read one of my posts in a while, have you? It’s been almost two weeks! Record activity on other...

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Needless to say, most of them still do. Also kinda hilarious how I went double digits despite there basically being little to no chances of ever reaching those. Oh, well! Weeeh, kids, haven’t read one of my posts in a while, have you? It’s been almost two weeks! Record activity on other...

On that note, I’m not sure how to properly spell out the latter’s title to be honest. Then again, the studio in question doesn’t either, so eh. As all of you know, there’s a second installment of that Log Horizon thing airing this season. Log Horizon is noteworthy for 3 reasons:...

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On that note, I’m not sure how to properly spell out the latter’s title to be honest. Then again, the studio in question doesn’t either, so eh. As all of you know, there’s a second installment of that Log Horizon thing airing this season. Log Horizon is noteworthy for 3 reasons:...

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Thank you! (Simoun)I started this blog almost nine years ago, with a post on Paradise Kiss. Other shows featured in those early days: Noein, Glass Mask, Lemon Angel Project (an early idol anime), Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuuutsu, and especially Simoun, which remains my favorite show of all time.That was 856...

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In order to be able to watch Galilei Donna, you need to be able to accept the fact that a middle schooler spent three years, cramped up in a basement, constructing a big goldfish airship and mecha including artillery, fancy interface and weapons. This stands out. A lot. Beyond that it’s an excellent...

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For those of you who don’t know: Yozakura Quartet is being directed by Ryo-Chimo. His previous works include the chief animation direction of Birdy the Mighty, the animation of some of the best-looking parts of Noein. This guy is an awesome animator, and with Hoshi no Umi, he showed that he can...

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The themes of this season just keep asserting themselves.There's clearly something to mangaka Yasuda Suzuhito's Yozakura Quartet that compels, because anime keeps coming back to it over and over.&nbsp; But this series is really less about Yasuda-sensei's manga and more about Ryo-timo, the auteur...

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“Hey there, Zaku, don’t you think it’s a bit lazy to go back to season previews and then do one this early in the game just because you can’t figure out what else there is to write about?” “No?” Ah, well. So here we are. Note that I’m not exactly suffering...

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“Hey there, Zaku, don’t you think it’s a bit lazy to go back to season previews and then do one this early in the game just because you can’t figure out what else there is to write about?” “No?” Ah, well. So here we are. Note that I’m not exactly suffering...

Oh Jojo. What an ending. I did not expect what would happen here at all. Perhaps the ending was not as impressive as with Psycho Pass or From the New World, but still this is every way in which a shounen series should end. You hear that, other shounen series? Watch this for how endings should be done!...

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I like to say that every season of anime has a different character to itself then the preceding seasons but I don’t know if I’ve ever seen such an extreme change as the coming spring season appears to herald.For the record, that’s not a bad thing because I think keeping an open mind about what...

I like to say that every season of anime has a different character to itself then the preceding seasons but I don’t know if I’ve ever seen such an extreme change as the coming spring season appears to herald.For the record, that’s not a bad thing because I think keeping an open mind about what...